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DEDICATED 

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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 



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INDEPENDENCE DAY SOUVENIR 



I. 

With deep prophetic voice once spoke 

From out the state-house tow'r 
A brazen mouth whose echo broke 

The chains of kingly pow'r, 
Twas midnight then, but bright the sky 

Its starlight shed abroad, 
While from the azure arch on high, 

Looked out the freeman's God. 
In Him we trust, and fear no foe, 

When right is on our side; 
Then Freedom's fount began to flow. 
Now mighty is its tide. 



II. 

Now make the welkin ring, my boys. 

With crackers, drum and horn 
And thus make glad the day on which 

Our Uncle Sam was born. 
He is a child of Johnny Bull, 

Who once rided all the main 
But Samuel now has got so big 

He can't be ruled again. 
Then hip hurrah ! for Uncle Sam. 

He's known in lands abroad ; 
His swords and ships, with wheat and corn 

Spring sudden from the sod. 



III. 

Fling out your banners to the breeze, 

Their shadows as they wave 
Affords a cool retreat for all 

Whose hearts are true and brave : 
But there no slave can hide, nor those 

Who'd rule with iron rod, 
For swords and ships with wheat and corn 

Spring sudden from the sod. 
Then hip hurrah ! my lads, and sing 

The banner lit with stars. 
And Yankee Doodle, for a change 

In noise of mimic wars. 



IV. 

The boys today must be the men 

When we old men are gone, 
So beat your drums and blow your horns 

As time goes marching on. 
And let all kingdoms of the earth 

Remember from our sod 
Springs swords and guns with wheat and corn, 

Defence allowed of God. 
Then hip hurrah ! for Uncle Sam, 

Whose birth we celebrate. 
Without a crown or sceptre he 

Out-ranks the potentate. 

J. William Pope. 



Copyrighted April, 1906. 








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